"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."

"How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!"

"For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime."

"Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does."

"Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time."

"When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time".You have more potential than you believe you do."